Posted in Carnival of Genealogy, General Info, tagged Divco milk truck on March 31, 2008 | 5 Comments »
This great photograph shows my grandfather, James Pointkouski, with his milk truck. According to the back of the photo, the date is July 18, 1937 and it was taken at “Silver Lake Inn.”
My grandfather was a truck driver, but the word he used to describe his occupation in several documents was “chauffeur”. He [...]
Posted in Donna's Picks, tagged genealogy links on March 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Here are some posts that I really enjoyed this week from genealogy blogs. I was ill most of the week and had little interest in blogging or reading blogs, but I did manage to find several good ones that brought my foggy head out of the clouds. If you missed any of [...]
Posted in Carnival of Genealogy, General Info, tagged favorite car on March 29, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Tracing our family’s “car genealogy” has been more difficult than tracing our family’s history, mostly because there are few photographs of our cars and few documents that were saved. The one stunning truth of this latest Carnival of Genealogy endeavor is that despite my love for photography since I was a youth, and despite [...]
Posted in General Info, tagged accents on March 28, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Thomas, at Destination: Austin Family, has asked: “What American accent do you have?” Well, I can tell you that the quiz is accurate…however, I’m not sure if I should be proud or embarrassed by my result.
No big surprise there given that I was born and raised in Philadelphia. Okay, we do talk [...]
Posted in Donna's Picks, tagged genealogy links on March 23, 2008 | No Comments »
Here are some posts that I really enjoyed this week from both genealogy blogs and “other” blogs that had something either related to genealogy or blogging, or was interesting to me for other reasons. Be sure to visit these sites!
Juliana Smith writes for 24-7 Family History Circle about “Surprises in Great-Grandpa’s Naturalization”. She [...]
Posted in Carnival of Genealogy, tagged carnival, Carnival of Genealogy, women's history on March 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
For Women’s History Month, this edition of the Carnival of Genealogy is A Tribute to Women. There were 31 submissions (with some multiple submissions), all honoring those special women who have touched our lives in some ways. Mothers, aunts, teachers, and courageous and inspiring women of all sorts are represented! Hosted [...]
Posted in Donna's Picks, tagged genealogical links on March 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Here are some posts that I really enjoyed this week from both genealogy blogs and “other” blogs that had something interesting and related to genealogy or at least genea-blogging. If you missed any, be sure to visit these sites!
Craig at Geneablogie has a nice how-to article called “Publishing with Help from Ancestry.com” in which [...]
Posted in Bergmeister, Carnival of Genealogy, tagged Bergmeister, Carnival of Genealogy on March 14, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I have a soft spot in my heart for all of the aunts in my family tree, especially those without children. The reason for this attraction is that I find myself in the ironic position of being a genealogist without any offspring of my own. But, I do “have” children because I am [...]
Posted in General Info, tagged immigration on March 12, 2008 | No Comments »
Yesterday I posted A Salute to Gutsy Women Travelers in my family which focused on the women who immigrated to this country alone to meet their husbands or other family members. I noted how difficult it must have been for the married couples to be separated while the man traveled to the U.S. first to [...]
Posted in General Info, tagged genealogical research on March 12, 2008 | No Comments »
Randy Seaver, passing on a post on the APG mailing list, asked us what our genealogical regrets are so that others can avoid our mistakes. What would I do differently? My responses are similar to Randy’s and others who have posted replies, which should prove to any newcomers to genealogy just how essential certain [...]
